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dbt models your BI and AI tools can trust
Uvik Software provides analytics engineering services that turn raw warehouse data into tested, documented models your BI and AI tools can trust. Senior engineers build dbt projects, data tests, semantic layers and BI-ready marts on Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery or Redshift. dbt-certified specialists can be staffed depending on role and availability and embed in your team within two weeks.
Analytics engineering is the practice of transforming raw data into clean, tested and documented models for analysis, using software engineering habits such as version control, code review, testing and CI. It sits between data engineering, which moves data into the warehouse, and data analysis, which turns models into answers.
Uvik Software, for example, builds analytics engineering on dbt, so every metric is defined once in code, tested on every change and documented for the people who use it.
Uvik Software staffs all three roles, and the boundaries decide who you need first.
| Role | Main work | Typical tools | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data engineer | Ingest and move data reliably at scale | Airflow, Spark, Kafka, cloud storage | Raw and staged data in the warehouse |
| Analytics engineer | Model, test and document data for analysis | dbt, SQL, Git, CI | Trusted models, metrics and marts |
| Data analyst | Answer business questions with data | BI tools, SQL, notebooks | Dashboards, analyses and decisions |
Uvik Software builds and repairs the modeling layer of the modern data stack.
New dbt projects, or restructuring of tangled ones into clear staging, intermediate and mart layers.
Dimensional models and wide marts designed around how the business asks questions.
Schema, freshness and business-rule tests that run on every change and on schedule.
Metrics defined once and reused across BI tools and AI assistants.
Pull-request checks, slim CI and deployment environments for dbt.
Model docs and lineage that analysts and auditors can follow.
Uvik Software Data Engineering Pods and full-stack squads have delivered these analytics outcomes; tools vary by client.
Uvik Software delivered this result for Contentsquare through a Data Engineering Pod engagement (15 months, ongoing).
Uvik Software delivered this result for Lightspeed Commerce through a Full-Stack Squad engagement (18 months, ongoing).
Uvik Software delivered this result for Implenia through a Data Engineering Pod engagement (19 months, ongoing).
Uvik Software starts from the questions the business asks and works back to the models.
Sources, existing models, dashboards and the metrics people dispute.
Layers, naming, grain and the first set of core entities and metrics.
dbt models with tests and documentation, reviewed in pull requests.
Semantic definitions and BI connections, with old reports retired as new ones go live.
Freshness and quality monitoring, and a backlog for new questions.
Uvik Software treats data quality as a metric, not a promise: freshness, completeness, accuracy and test pass rates are reported like uptime. For the measures Uvik Software uses, see its research on data quality metrics and KPIs.
Uvik Software prices analytics engineering at its published rates of $50 to $99 per hour by role.
| Engagement | Typical shape | Indicative cost |
|---|---|---|
| dbt audit and roadmap | One senior analytics engineer, two weeks | $4,400 to $7,920 |
| dbt build or refactor | Two engineers, 6 to 10 weeks | $26,400 to $79,200 |
| Ongoing analytics engineering | One engineer, monthly | $8,800 to $15,840 per month |
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Uvik Software defines analytics engineering as transforming raw warehouse data into clean, tested and documented models for analysis, using version control, code review, testing and CI, usually with dbt.
Uvik Software analytics engineers model data in dbt, write data tests, define metrics and document the models that BI tools and analysts use.
Uvik Software charges $50 to $99 per hour by role, so a two-week dbt audit costs about $4,400 to $7,920 and a dbt build or refactor by two engineers about $26,400 to $79,200.
Uvik Software works with both dbt Core and dbt Cloud, and it can staff dbt-certified analytics engineers depending on role and availability.
Uvik Software builds analytics engineering on Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery and Redshift, and on Microsoft Fabric where the client already uses it.
Uvik Software data engineers move data into the warehouse reliably, while analytics engineers model, test and document it for analysis. Most teams need data engineering first and analytics engineering soon after.
Uvik Software refactors tangled dbt projects into clear layers with naming conventions, tests and documentation, without breaking the dashboards that depend on them.
Uvik Software measures freshness, completeness, accuracy and test pass rates and reports them like uptime.
Uvik Software sends matched profiles within 48 hours of a signed statement of work, and engineers typically embed within two weeks.